The timer or alarm sound ring out, although it can be difficult to hear over playing music so be careful. What happens when a timer or alarm goes off? The Clock app pushes a notification that persists until you dismiss it. I can see this new built-in feature being very useful for managing tasks and time while working on the Mac. Clicking it opens the Clock app, and the countdown continues even if you quit the Clock app. If you set a timer, the countdown is automatically added to the menu bar at the top of your Mac. Where the Clock app surprises and delights is around timers. No major surprises to discover, and the Mac-adapted interface gets a passing grade. There’s even a new Mac widget for upcoming alarms. You can view time zones, set alarms, start a stopwatch, or run a timer on the Mac now - just like on iPhone and iPad. The world clock scales best to Mac-sized displays, especially if you have multiple cities added, while the other sections adjust decently. A single window gives you four tab options for world clock, alarm, stopwatch, and timer. The Clock app design is very similar to the iPad version and its more compact iPhone version. A seconds hand would be a nice touch, but it’s a better analog clock than the tiny one that can replace the digital time in the menu bar. The app icon in Finder does include a seconds hand, but it’s not a live clock. It shows the current time when placed on the Dock or in Launchpad, but there’s no seconds hand. The Clock app icon is like the analog clock that we know from iPhone and iPad. Request a FREE account to learn how to put your Apple fleet on auto-pilot at a price point that is hard to believe. Businesses can automatically deploy, manage, and protect all their Apple devices. Mosyle fully integrates five different applications on a single Apple-only platform. The new app includes proper Mac integration, Siri control, and more.īrought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. The Mac gains Apple’s Clock app in macOS Ventura, and it’s a surprisingly useful addition.

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